Potato sacking machine



March 3,1942. J, AC A'TZ 2,215,335

POTATO SACKING MACHINE Fi'led Nov. 5, 1940 4 Sheets-sheaf; l

I n ventor Attorney I March J.ACHATZ Porno SKCKING MACHINE Filed Nov. 5,1940 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor A tfomey v POTATO SACKING MACHINE:

Filed Nov. 5, 1940 '4"Sneez;- sh eet :s'

Inventor Xxx , March 3, 194?. J ACHATZ 2,275,335

POTATO SACKING MACHINE Fi led Nov. 5, 1940 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Inventor Aiiorney Patented Mar. 3, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT v OFFICE j 2,275,335POTATO SACKING MACHINE John Aohatz, Hooper, 0010. Application November5, 1940, SerialiNo. 364,447

' (c1. 22e s1 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a sacking machine for potatoes and otherobjects, the general object of the invention being to provide meanswhereby potatoes or other objects can be easily and quick- 1y placed insacks, the device placing the potatoes in a plurality of sacks whileother sacks are being put in position on a slide member so that when thefirst group of sacks have been filled the slide member can be moved to aposition where the other group of sacks can be filled while thefilled-sacks are being removed from the machine, with belt means formoving the potatoes from a hopper into the sacks. v

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby a sack canbe easily and quickly supported in open position on the machine and justas easily be removed from the machine after being filled.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to behereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote likeorcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which- Figure1 is a front view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a side view of the machine.

Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof.

Figure 4 is a top plan View of a sack engaging member.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 8 is a view of one of the cups of a belt.

In these views the letter A indicates an upright frame which has itsfront part extended upwardly as shown at a and a hopper H slopesdownwardly and rearwardly from the upper portion of the part a to therear of the main frame. This hopper includes the bottom member I, theupright side members 2 and the spaced upper blocks 3 ,at the top of thehopper and the spaced blocks 4 at the lower end thereof, these blockshaving the inner ends beveled as shown at 5 so that the potatoes orother objects can readily ride over the same. An upper roller 6 extendsacross the upper end of the hopper and a lower roller 1 extends acrossthe lower end of the hopper, these rollers being slightly spaced belowthe plane of the bottom member I and a plurality of belts 8 pass overthe rollers and between the blocks, the blocks acting as guide means forthe upper the potatoes rolling down the bottom of the hopper to bedirected upon the belts so that they reaches of the belts. Each beltcarries a plurality of cups 9, one of which is shown in detail in Figure6 and as will be seen from this figure each cup is of elongated formwith its front open and having a plate l0 forming its bottom, said platebeing fastened to the belt and eachcup will be engaged by the pocketsand carried upwardly with the belts.

A motorM is supported by a lower part of the main frame and its shaft isconnected to a lower shaft I l journaled in the lower part of I the mainframe by the belt and pulleys shown generally at l5 and this shaft I4 isconnected by the belt and pulleys shown generally at I6 to an uppershaft I! which, in turn, is connected by a pulley anda belt IS with apulley on one of the pintles I9 ofthe lower roller 1. Thus the beltswill be actuated from the motor and at a suitable speed. 7

A sack supporting "shelf 20-extends outwardly from the lower portion ofthe upright part a of the frame and a slide member 2| has a horizontallyextending bottom part 22 which slides on the shelf and the upper end ofthe member 21 has the channel part 23 for slidingly engaging a verticalportion of a Z-shaped bracket .24 attached to a part of the frameportion a. The slide member 2! 'is of much greater length than the widthof the frame and it has a longitudinally extending row of openings 25therein and a supporting plate 26 is fastened to the member 2| aboveeach opening. -Each plate 26 has projecting forwardly therefrom thetubular members 21 and these members slidingly receive the limbs of aU-shaped member 28, the ends of the limbs being pointed as shown at'29and pass through holes in the plate 26 and through the top part of theopening 25. A spring 30 encircles each limb of the U-shaped member 28and is located in a tubular member 21 and said spring has one endbearing against a collar 3| on the limb and against a sleeve 32 threadedin the outer endof each tubular member 21. These springs tend to holdeach U-shaped member with its pointed ends projecting through the holesof the plate 26 and the upper end of the large hole 25. A

guiding member 33 of U-shape has the ends of its limbs connected withlower portions of the outer end of each of the tubular members 21 withthe bight end bent at right angles to form a loop through which theouter end of each limb of the U-shaped member 28 passes. A sleeve 34 isslidably arranged on each limb of the member 28 and carries an anglehook 35 at its lower part, one portion of which extends forwardly andterminates in a point 36. This hook 35 passes between the limbs of themember 33 and this member prevents turning movement of the sleeve 34 andthe hook 35 and it also acts to limit outward movement of the sleeve 34.A light spring 31 encircles each limb of the member 28 and has one endbearing against the sleeve 32 and its other end against the sleeve 34 sothat this spring holds the sleeve 34 in its outermost position. Atubular handle 38 encircles the bight of each member 23 and forms a handgrip.

The sacks or bags B are seated on the part 22 of the member 2| and theirupper ends have their rear portions engaged by the pointed ends 29 ofthe U-shaped members 28 and the front portions of said upper ends arehooked over the hooks 35. Thus the open end of the bag is held in openposition and the parts are so arranged on the member 2| that when themember 2| is in one position, a number of bags will be held under theupper ends of the belts 8 so as to receive the potatoes or other objectsdropping from the cups or buckets 9 of the belts. Other bag holdingmeans of the member 2| will be placed to one side of the machine so thatwhen the first group of bags is being filled from the objects droppingfrom the belts other bags can b put in position at the other openings 25of the member 2|. Then when the first group of bags is filled the member2| is moved to its second position or to the left in Figure 1 so thatthe filled bags will be moved to the left ofthe machine while the bagsjust put in place will be moved to filling position to receive theobjects from the belts.

It is simply necessary to grab the grip 38 and exert a pull upon themember 28 to pull the legs with the pointed ends 29 into the tubularmembers 21 which will free portions of the bag from said pointed ends 29and then the bag is moved ings 25 portions of the bags can pass throughthe same as shown in Figure 2.

A horizontally extending plate 40 is supported slightly above andoutwardly of the bags placed on the member 2| by the angle arms 4|connected with the upper ends of the side pieces 2, this plat 40 actingto prevent potatoes dropping from the cups from falling forwardly of thebags.

' Itis thought from the foregoing, description that the advantages andnovel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction andin the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided thatsuch changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the claimed as new is:

In a bag filling machine, an elongated slide member, means forsupporting the same for horizontal sliding movement and a plurality ofbag holding means carried by the sliding member, some of the meansholding the bags in position for receiving. objects while other bagholding means are receiving empty bags, said slide member having a shelfforming part for supporting the bottoms of the bags, tubular membersextending from the upper portions of the slide member, a yoke-shapedmember forming each bag supporting means and having its limbs passingthrough the tubular members with the ends of the limbs pointed to passthrough rear portions of the bags, spring means for moving the U- shapedmembers to cause their pointed ends to engage parts of the bags, asleeve on each limb of each U-shaped member, a hook having a forwardlyextending part carried by each sleeve for engaging a forward part of thebag, a spring for normally holding the sleeve in a forward position andguide means for each hook.

invention, what is JOHN ACHATZ.

